Category: Internet News

The FLX1s smartphone, shipped with Debian and a GNOME-based interface

The Furi Labs project has announced the start of production of the FLX1s smartphone, shipped with the FuriOS distribution. The distribution is based on Debian 13 package base and equipped with a custom Phosh interface, based on GNOME technologies and the GTK library. The device is available for pre-order at a price of $550. The first batch will be released on October 25, after which shipping to customers will begin. To ensure privacy […]

In Git 3.0, it is proposed to make Rust a mandatory part of the build infrastructure

In the mailing list of developers of the Git source code management system, a change is being discussed that proposes to include components written in Rust in the core of Git and to add Rust to the list of mandatory dependencies required for building Git. The integration of the ability to use Rust in Git development is suggested to be carried out by analogy with the previously implemented transition to the possibility of using the C99 specification in the code […]

Multikernel has been introduced, a mechanism for simultaneously running multiple Linux kernels.

A series of patches developed by the Multikernel project, which was recently transitioned to open-source software and will now be developed in collaboration with the community, has been proposed for discussion by Linux kernel developers. Multikernel allows multiple independent instances of the Linux kernel to run on a single physical computer, providing direct access to hardware resources and enabling the running of several isolated system environments. […]

Google has unveiled AI capabilities for Chrome.

Google announced the integration of ten new features related to the use of AI models in Chrome. The first feature is the embedded chatbot Gemini, which can explain the content of the viewed page and answer questions related to the page without switching from the current tab. A button has been added to the upper right corner of the screen to invoke Gemini, which displays […]

Beta release of Ubuntu 25.10

The beta release of the Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" distribution has been presented, after which a complete freeze of the package base was implemented, and developers transitioned to final testing and bug fixing. The release is scheduled for October 9 and is classified as an interim release, with updates being generated over a period of 9 months. Ready test images have been created for Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu […]

Release of Rust 1.90. Toolkit for developing Windows drivers in Rust.

The release of the programming language Rust 1.90 has been published, originally based on the Mozilla project but now developed under the auspices of the independent non-profit organization Rust Foundation. The language focuses on safe memory management and provides tools for achieving high parallelism in task execution, all while avoiding the use of a garbage collector and runtime (runtime is limited to basic initialization and support of the standard library). Methods of operation […]

Release of Vivaldi Browser 7.6

The release of the proprietary browser Vivaldi 7.6 has occurred, developed on the Chromium engine by former developers of the Opera Presto engine. Vivaldi builds are prepared for Linux, Windows, and macOS. Changes made to the Chromium codebase are distributed under an open license. The browser interface is written in JavaScript using the React library, Node.js platform, Browserify, and various ready-made NPM modules. The implementation of the interface is available […]

The Tails 7.0 distribution is now available, transitioning to Debian 13 and GNOME 48.

The release of the specialized distribution Tails 7.0 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on a Debian package base and designed for anonymous internet access, has been formed. Anonymous access in Tails is ensured by the Tor system. All connections except traffic through the Tor network are blocked by a packet filter by default. To store user data in persistent mode between sessions, encryption is used. […]

The release of the P2P platform GNUnet 0.25

The release of the GNUnet 0.25 framework, designed for building secure decentralized P2P networks, has been announced. Networks created with GNUnet have no single point of failure and can guarantee the privacy of user information, including protection against possible abuses by administrators who have access to network nodes. GNUnet supports the creation of P2P networks over TCP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, Bluetooth, and WLAN, and can operate […]

The WebAssembly 3.0 standard has been published

The W3C Consortium has announced the readiness of the specification that standardizes the intermediate code WebAssembly 3.0 and its associated API, enabling the creation of high-performance applications that can be transferred between browsers and hardware platforms. WebAssembly provides a browser-independent universal low-level intermediate code for executing applications compiled from various programming languages. The WebAssembly technology can be used to execute tasks in the browser that require high […]

The system manager systemd 258 is now available

After nine months of development, the release of the system manager systemd 258 has been presented. Key changes: discontinuation of support for cgroups v1 and System V-style system management components, new utilities systemd-factory-reset and systemd-pty-forward, the concept of home areas, support for booting from a disk image obtained via HTTP. Among the changes in the new release: a new utility systemd-factory-reset has been added to initiate or cancel settings reset in […]

The release of the GNOME 49 desktop environment

After six months of development, the release of the GNOME 49 desktop environment has been published. For a quick evaluation of GNOME 49's capabilities, specialized Live builds based on openSUSE and an installation image prepared under the GNOME OS initiative are offered. GNOME 49 is also included in the experimental builds of Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora 43. In the new release: the Showtime video player is enabled by default, which […]

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